Strathclyde Business School
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Type | Public Business School |
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Established | 1948 |
Dean | David Hillier |
Academic staff | ca 200 |
Students | > 4,500 |
Location |
Glasgow, Scotland, UK Coordinates: 55°51′40″N 4°14′42″W / 55.861°N 4.245°W |
Campus | Urban |
Colours | Red and White |
Affiliations | The Association of MBAs (AMBA), The European Quality Improvement Scheme, (EQUIS) Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Strathclyde University |
Website |
www |
The Strathclyde Business School (SBS) is one of four faculties forming the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1948, the school is located on Cathedral Street within the John Anderson campus of the University. It offers courses for business education and management development.
Strathclyde Business School has around 200 academic staff and more than 4500 students (1960 undergraduate and 2615 postgraduate), with 11 subject departments and specialist units providing more specialist and cross-disciplinary postgraduate courses. It has been granted Triple Accreditation.
Strathclyde is the first triple accredited business school in Scotland. In November 2016, it was awarded THE Business School of the Year in UK. The Economist and Financial Times ranked the Strathclyde Business School's Master of Business Administration (MBA) 76th and 63rd worldwide in 2016,[1][2] while its Executive MBA and Master's program in Finance was ranked 41st and 33rd worldwide by Financial Times in 2016.[3][4] The school has international centres in seven countries: Switzerland, Greece, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Oman, and Malaysia
Academic departments
There are seven academic departments within the school:
- Accounting and Finance
- Economics
- Human Resource Management
- Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship
- Strategy and Organisation
- Management Science
- Marketing
Each department offers postgraduate, undergraduate and research programmes. The business school also offers faculty-wide programmes, both research and taught – the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive Masters in Hospitality and Tourism Leadership, the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), and Research Methodology in Business & Management.
The business school has several research units:
- Strathclyde Institute for Operations Management (a joint venture between staff from SBS and the Faculty of Engineering);
- Fraser of Allander Institute (located in the Department of Economics but operating in a cross-disciplinary manner);
- Strathclyde International Business Unit (located in the Department Strategy and Organisation but also working cross-functionally);
- Scottish Employment Research Centre (located in the Department of Human Resource Management)
International centres
In October 1988 the school launched its first Master of Business Administration centre abroad, in Singapore; a second centre opened in Hong Kong in April 1989.[5] As of 2016 the school has eight international centres across seven countries: Switzerland, Greece, Singapore, Oman, and Malaysia, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.[6]
Recognition
Quality Accreditations
Strathclyde is the first triple accredited business school in Scotland, one of a small percentage worldwide to be triple accredited, holding accreditation from the international bodies, AMBA,[7] AACSB[8] and EQUIS.[9]
CFA Institute University Recognition Program
Strathclyde Business School offers several postgraduate programmes recognised by the CFA Institute for including a significant portion of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) and the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. The programmes recognised are the MSc Finance, MSc International Accounting and Finance, MSc Investment and Finance and the MSc International Banking and Finance.[10]
Research Excellence Framework
Strathclyde has a reputation for research excellence. In the most recent 2014 Research Excellence Framework, Strathclyde Business School was rated in the top 10 in the UK for its research, number one in Scotland on GPA, 3rd in the UK for the impact of their research and achieved the highest possible rating for their research environment.[11]
There are also a number of discipline-specific accreditations held by departments:
- Accounting is fully accredited for entry to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)[12] as well as offering exemptions to other professional bodies, e.g. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)[13]
- The Department of Accounting and Finance has all four of its MSc programmes accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)[13]
- Strathclyde MSc EMP is the first programme to be formally Recommended by the UK Government Economic Service[14]
- The Department of Marketing is accredited by The Institute of Export, the Market Research Society, the Chartered Institute of Marketing[15]
- CIPD is the professional association for HR professionals in the UK, with a membership of around 150,000. The Department of Human Resource Management is recognised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)[16]
- The Strathclyde MBA is accredited by the UAE government[17]
Times Higher Education Awards
Business School of the Year 2016
In November 2016, Strathclyde Business School was awarded THE Business School of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards.[18]
University of the Year 2012
In November 2012 the University was shortlisted for 4 categories in the Times Higher Education Awards and won the UK’s University of the Year award.[19]
UK Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2013
In the Times Higher Education 2013 Awards, the University won the "UK Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2013" award, making Strathclyde the first Scottish university to hold the title.[20]
MBA and Masters Rankings
Financial Times
European Business School Rankings
Global MBA Rankings
Executive MBA Rankings
Masters in Finance Rankings
Masters in Management
The Economist
Executive MBA Rankings
Full Time MBA Rankings
eFinancialCareers
Masters in Finance for Investment Banking
Notable alumni
- Nigel Cumberland, Leadership Coach and Author, including of 100 Things Successful People Do
- John Francis McFall, PC and Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
- Alastair Johnston, Co-Chief Executive Officer of IMG, the world's premier sports marketing firm
- Rajiv Mehrishi, IAS, former Home Secretary and Finance Secretary of India.[41][42]
- James McColl, Chairman and Chief Executive of Clyde Blowers Ltd
- Sir Tom Hunter, CEO of Sports Division
- Alastair Storey, chairman and CEO of Westbury Street Holdings
- John Barton, British businessman, the chairman of Next plc and EasyJet
- Duncan Hawthorne, CEO of Horizon Nuclear Power
- Nigel Clifford, CEO of Ordnance Survey, a British government-owned mapping business
- Hugh Hendry, CEO of Eclectica Asset Management
- Inderjit Singh, former COO of Texas Instruments, and politician in Singapore's parliament
- Jacqueline Anne Lait, British Conservative Party politician
- Gustavo Alfredo Leite Gusinky, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Paraguay
- David Mundell, UK Government Minister, serving as Secretary of State for Scotland since 2015
- Gordon Wu, chairman of the board of Hong Kong-listed Asian infrastructure firm, Hopewell Holdings Ltd
- Dr Kumud Bordoloi, Regional Chief Claims and Medical Officer, AXA Asia
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- ↑ Business school rankings from the Financial Times – Global MBA Ranking 2016
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- ↑ "Strathclyde International Centres". strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
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- ↑ "member profile: Strathclyde, University of, Strathclyde Business School". www.aacsb.edu. Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ "EQUIS Accredited Schools". Efmd.org. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ↑ "Recognition Program for Universities". www.cfainstitute.org. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ↑ "REF 2014". Ref.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
- ↑ "ICAS accredited degrees". Icas.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
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- ↑ "Strathclyde Economics Course comes Highly Recommended – University of Strathclyde". Strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ↑ "Accreditation – University of Strathclyde". Strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ↑ "Centre details: Strathclyde, University of". Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ↑ "بوابة حكومة أبوظبي – الأفراد – هيئة الاعتماد العلمي". Abudhabi.ae. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ↑ WINNERS :: THE Awards 2016
- ↑ WINNERS :: THE Awards 2013
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- 1 2 "Executive MBA Ranking 2015". The Economist. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
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- ↑ Business school rankings from the Financial Times – Masters in Management 2013
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- ↑ "The Economist Full Time MBA Rankings 2013".
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- 1 2 3 "The top 30 Masters in Finance for getting a job in investment banking – eFinancialCareers". eFinancialCareers. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ↑ "Rajiv Mehrishi - Executive Record Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ↑ "Brief Profile - Rajiv Mehrishi, Home Secretary" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 14 August 2017.